We would like to extend a special thank you from the iSTEP 2009 interns and the TechBridgeWorld team to the many people who have advised and aided the iSTEP 2009 team.
The iSTEP 2009 and TechBridgeWorld teams are thankful to the many people who made the inaugural year of our iSTEP internship a success! We would especially like to thank our main community partner, the University Computing Centre (UCC), who made it possible for us to conduct technology research projects in Tanzania: Professor Beda, Eric Beda Mutagahywa, Mama Duwe, Anthony Gesase, and Dorothy Mbonike. We would like to further thank the UCC for attending to the needs of our iSTEP 2009 ground team in Dar es Salaam. The teams would also like to acknowledge Mr. Mwakaje and Dr. Mwinuka from the University of Dar es Salaam for their assistance, as well as the University of Dar es Salaam students for their interest in continuing the research projects beyond the iSTEP internship.
We are extremely grateful to the Mlimani Primary School, the Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School, the Institute of Social Work (ISW), and the Department for Social Welfare (DSW) for their help with facilitating needs assessment and feedback for the three projects. We wish to thank Mr. Sipto; Mama Christina; Mr. Chikoti; Mr. Shayo; Mr. Pendo Naaman Kujerwa; and the teachers, and students from the Mlimani School for their assistance with the Literacy Tools project. We would like to acknowledge Mr. Noah, Mr. Ditrick Mkwela, Mama Mwalimu Mkuu Saidizi, Mr. Ngodu, the teachers, and students from the Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School for their help with the Braille Writing Tutor project. We are grateful to Dr. Theresa Kaijage, Bernard Sefu, Leah Omari, and Para-Social Workers from ISW for their help with the Social Workers project. We would also like to thank Sesil Charles Latemba and Prisca Mgomberi from the DSW for their help with the Social Workers project.
Special thanks are due to our iSTEP 2009 advisors, who guided the interns on the projects during the mini course and throughout the 10-week internship: Ameer Abdulsalam, Ed Barr, Tracy Baton, Brett Browning, Yonina Cooper, David Dausey, M. Freddie Dias, Imran Fanaswala, Wael Ghazzawi, Anna Greenstone, Karumuna Kaijage, Matthew Kam, Chris Labash, G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Jack Mostow, Sorael Elias Nnko, Silvia Pessoa, Eric Pessoa, Roni Rosenfeld, and Jahanzeb Sherwani. Special thanks go to Matt Richards for his presentation on documentation during the iSTEP 2009 mini course and to Christine Menand from the Office of International Education for leading the Work Abroad session with traveling students.
We are grateful to sponsors Paul and Joanne Egerman, Don Shepard, the Holleran Scholars Fund, and the Qatar Foundation for making the iSTEP 2009 internship financially possible. We wish to acknowledge Melissa Deschamps and Rachelle Emard from Student Affairs at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar for all of their contributions to the internship.
